EFTA01084694.pdf
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DAVID J. MITCHELL
RE: ADFIN SOLUTIONS INC.
February 16, 2016
Dear Partner,
On Friday, the Board of Adfin voted to accept an offer from its largest shareholder, Cantor
Venture, to fund $1,750,000. Alongside its founder, Jonathan Leitersdorf, Cantor has
been funding the Company for the past two years on a bridge loan basis (Exhibit A).
The end result is the shares that you purchased a number of years ago will be diluted.
In a separate email, I will forward to you the details of the transaction.
I have decided to allocate all of my shares into a vehicle structured to make up some of
the dilution. Once I make the transfer, I will forward the details of this entity. The basic
premise is that I will allocate the shares or economic interests among the four investors
that I introduced to Adfin. The allocation will be based on the actual dollars you invested
as percentage of the total dollars my group invested in Adfin (please see the following
page).
Personally, I feel very badly that this happened as I introduced you to this investment to
co-invest alongside me. I truly thought this would produce a successful return for both of
us. I would like to note that I received no benefit from the Company for asking you to
invest. I did receive shares for my board participation, which I am also contributing to this
vehicle.
The irony is the Company is doing quite well and for the first time is achieving meaningful
milestones (Exhibit B + Company Overview).
My sincere hope is that the Company continues to be on the track and one day the
investment that you made to receive the gain that you deserve for the risk. I hope the
shares I have allocated to this effort helps to get you much quicker. I will continue to help
the Company in anyway possible as I believe in the business and the outstanding team.
I deeply appreciative of your friendship, and if you have any questions, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
David J. Mitchell
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Percentage Percentage Post Deal o1MPref Shares 3,289,603
If Rights Fully
NNW Pref Shares Pre-Deal Without Rights Subsai bed ProRata % Pro Rata al DIM Shares Adding WM Shares
Glocer 228,571 1.10% 0.B% o.n% 7.06% 232,192 090,763
Oliver 114285 0.55% 0.12% 0.11% 3.53% 116,0% 230,381
ST 2.781.197 8.8E4 2.81% 2.60% 85.88% 2,83,260 5,406,457
Richard 114285 0.64% 0.12% 0.11% 3.53% 116,0% 230,381
11.11% 3.27% 3.03 100.0% 3,289,643 6,527,%1
New Total New %
Name Pref Shares Pre-Deal without WM Shares Add DJ M shares With WM Shares With DIM Shares
Glocer 228,571 1.10% 0.23% 232,192 460,763 0.46%
Oliver 114,285 055% 0.12% 116,096 230,381 0.23%
ST 2,781,197 . 8.82% 2.81% 2,825,260 5,606,457 5.65%
Richard 114,285 0.64% 0.12% 116,096 230,381 0.23%
11.11% 3.27% 3,289,643 6,527,981 6.58%
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EXHIBIT A
• Cantor and Julserra (Leitersdorf affiliate) will lead the round with a $1.75M investment of
new cash at first closing ASAP
• Conversion of approximately $7.3M in outstanding debt from Cantor, Julserra, David
Mitchell and Southern Trust
• Following the initial closing, the Company will offer, for 30 days, an additional $1M to the
existing Series A investors (besides Julserra and Cantor) and accredited common
stockholders
• If such investors do not purchase the full $1M, the Company may sell the remainder to
new investors on the same terms for a period of 5 months
• All previously issued warrants will be terminated and the Series A will waive their rights
to any anti-dilution adjustment [the $0.13 per share purchase price bakes in these
presumptions to keep the cap numbers as simple as possible]
• $0.13 per share, implying a post-money valuation of $12.8M when factoring in the
option pool increase, but assuming the $1M rights offering amount remains unsold
• 8% cumulative dividends senior to the Series A & Common
• 1X liquidation preference senior to the Series A & Common
• Board increased to 7 directors. All chosen by Cantor, but each 10% or greater
stockholder will have the right to appoint 1 director — for now only Julserra and the Board
must include the CEO. Gil Mandelzis will resign from the Board. The other 4 directors
will stay and Howard Lutnick, Jed Kleckner and Henrique de Castro will join the Board.
• Cantor will effectively control decision-making power at the Board and stockholder level
subject to very limited minority rights protection set out in a new Shareholders Agreement
and to fiduciary duties under Delaware law.
• AdFin will be majority owned by Cantor
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EXHIBIT B
1) Programmatic Study with the ANA, ACA and Ebiquity
• Signed - 20+ top brands signed to participate. Data is either beginning to flow
or we are working through the process/remaining roadblocks
- Clorox, Luxottica, Wendy's, Nissan, Infiniti, GMC, Chevrolet,
Cadillac, Buick, Honda, Acura, Kia, Bank of America, Enterprise
Rental Cars, Alamo Rental Cars, National Rental Cars, Expedia,
Travelocity, Trivago, Hotels.com, Bank of America, Walmart (CA),
Shoppers Drug Mart (CA), Atlantic Lottery (CA), Amsterdam Brewery
(CA)
• Signed, But Paused due to internal issues
- Walmart, JCP, Hyundai
• In Final Discussion
- Pizza Hut, Disney, TD Bank (Canada)
• All of this has taken tremendous effort and persistence, but we are finally in a
position to conduct the Study
• The updated timing for completion of the US Study is now mid-to-late Q2
timing, with the Canadian Study following behind by 1-2 months.
2) Beta / Trial efforts with Agencies/Trading desks
• Signed - Huddles Masses, Good Apple, Horizon Media (HX)
• In Discussion - Accuen, Assembly, Publicis
4 Partnerships - ongoing R&D and partnership discussions
• Nielsen - who reiterated their support for what we are doing and agreed to
explore joint R&D together in 2016
• Accuen (part of Omnicom) - the third largest trading desk has asked to review
our demo and explore partnership possibilities around an "Audit" offering via
AD/FIN
• Publicis - have held several senior level meetings where there is interest in
working together in 2016+
• AOL - recent discussions with internal teams interested in our platform
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• Others include Turn, Amnet, White Ops, Ad Yapper
5) PR & Press - the AD/FIN focus around pricing transparency and accountability remains
a big topic in 2016
• On 2/12, our Op-Ed "Programmatic Media Is Missing Something Big" was
published in MediaPost http://bit.ly/1QcpN4W
• On 1/29, our Webinar "Seeing Through the Programmatic Financial Fog" via
the ANA had 114 people attend (all potential future customers)
• Over the past 2 weeks, there have been numerous articles on the battle of
media transparency, all creating more interest in AD/FIN
http://adage.com/article/agency-news/ana-4a-s-feud-heats-ana-
issues-investigation-hotline/302424/
http://adage.com/article/print-edition/ana-4a-s-fracas-shows-client-
agency-bond-inoperable/302541/
5) Team/Resources
• To get all of this done in this timeframe, there is a lot to do, primarily getting
AD/FIN integrated with 10+ DSPs as soon as possible, and beginning to
analyze data we are receiving
• We currently have 9 F/T employees (7 Tech/Ops, 2 Biz) and 5 P/T (3 Biz, 2
Tech/Ops)
• We are actively recruiting for 4 critical hires - Product, Dev Ops,
Business Intelligence, QA, plus 1 Backfill for a departing engineer.
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ADifIN
Powering Independent Programmatic Media
Visibility I Transparency I Intelligence
INVESTOR OVERVIEW
FEB 2016
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AD/FIN In Summary
AD/FIN sits at the intersection of AD-tech • FIN-tech
The industry's only H provider of programmatic media intelligence & accountability
Proprietary technology processes log-level transaction data at scale from any market DSP/SSP
Campaign intelligence
Market-level intelligence
Te-facto' standard for benchmarks and price discovery
Enabling Index-Linked offerings, Proprietary Research, and new ways to Trade/Hedge/Transact media
Business model based on volume usage (CPM), SaaS (monthly), and index-linked fees
Target users across AD FIN markets: Advertisers: Agencies/Consultants: Financial:
• CMOs /CFOs • Media Buyers/Planners • Buy/Sell Side Analysts
• Procurement • Analytics/Research • Hedge Funds
• Internal Desks • Trading Desks (ATDs) • Consultants
Now is the time, while marketers are demanding transparency and shifting billions to this market
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WHY AD/FIN
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Programmatic Media is Our New Reality
$20B
Over S20B Will Be Spent Programmatically Billie US
1 Growing FAST!
Brings great promise. efficiency,
targetability, scalability, ROI
100X
100X Volume of NASDAQ...More Complex Than Wall Street
Brings new, complex, tech-enabled
supply chain
Gartner
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BUT...Growing Integrity Problem
<40%
<400 Of Every S1 Spent Programmatically Buys Media
. Most transactions are virtually
blind to the buyer and seller
Financial `fog' is costing
advertisers $$$ potentially
skewing key metrics
<50%
<5O% Of Programmatic Ads Served Are Ever Seen
. Advertisers need to take control
and demand accountability and
Go, sle visibility
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Advertisers Are In The Dark
Over 80% of advertisers know they need better tools and information around the economics
of programmatic media •
Q: The economics and flow of dollars to execute programmatic media
buys are sufficiently clear to me and my team...
40/0
14% Yes — we have all the information we
need
_ No — it remains a 'black box'; We need
better information & tools
Unsure/No Opinion
Source: Online poll of 100+ ANA members
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We Power Programmatic Intelligence & Transparency
Founded on the belief that markets thrive with
greater access to unbiased information
AD/FIN
brings independent data access & intelligence
to programmatic media
allowing buyers, agents and sellers to transact with greater
confidence, accountability and transparency
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Led By Experts
ANDREW ALTERSOHN MILOSZ TANSKI
CHIEF IXECUTIVE OFFICER CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
• 25• year veteran ei digital media and • 9• years' experience in digital tech. with
marketing emphasis on large scale distributed
• Previously served as the President of systemS
Haves Media, North America • Previously worked at Apple. Admeld and
• Held leadership roles at interactive pioneer Barracuda Networks
agencies including dotas Publics modem • arclutected Admeld. one of firm PCB
and Navy Interactive exchanges (purchased by Google)
• Began his career at mercer management • Leader at Apo* on the (Cloud project
Consulting
• Holds a 8 S. In Computer Science from
• Holds an MBA from the University of Oakland University
Michigan and BS in Economics from
• Dreamt about Market Index since building
Marton School. University of
Admeld
Pennsylvania
• Served as an advisor/consultant to
Smanling, PricingEngine.com
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Backed By Leaders
AD/FIN is backed by Cantor Fitzgerald, one of the world's leading financial services firms,
and prominent angel investors
TOM GLOCER JONATHAN LEITERSOOF
CHAIRMAS ANC CEC FORMER CEO FOUNDER
CANTOR FITZGERALD THOMSON REUTERS JULSERRA CAPITAL
IAD
DAVID MITCHELL GIL MANDELZIS
PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE CHRRMANI
MITCHELL HOLDINGS LW TRAIANA. INC
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HOW AD/FIN
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Big Data In, Intelligence Out
AD/FIN is the only independent entity that can ingest, normalize and process the scale and
complexity programmatic transactions: trade logs, ad server, and associated meta data
INGEST &AGGREGATE NURP mi EIEpRouss QUERY & OUTPUT
Transaction Log Files
Meta-Data
Ad Server Data SECURITY
LAYER AD/FIN Intelligence Platform
AD/F1N Firewall / Private Network
Secure Databases
Data
Compression
Log API Secure Data
Files Connection Normalization
Secured Customer Data
-1 O
oi User Authentication
Continuous
Data Intake ,/"?
Secured Storage Market -4.-
Separate Secured Custom Indices
Data Anonymization'
411/
Databases
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• Billions of log files to ingest •daily
Market & Custom Indices
• Trillions of data points to store•••in perpetuity
CAMPAIGN:CENTRAL.
• Petabyte calculations•••in 'real-time'
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AD/FIN Tools & Services BSA
Start with AD:BOX and Leverage Intelligence Tools As Needed
TM
CAMPAIGN:CENTRAL' ts; CAMPAIGN:WATCH
Plan, Bidand Transact Smarter -e.g....#.' rh Know Where Each S Goes el•••• birVININDE
INTELLIGENCE & FORECASTING FEE & PRICE TRANSPARENCY
Enterprise•wide intelligence across all DSPs, SSPs, Channels and Campaignlevel analysis, scoring and benchmarking to better manage
partners to drive smarter decision making fees, costs, and partners
AD:BOX' oz.- 4; Dropbox
Never Lose YourBidBata
DATA INTEGRITY & LOSS PREVENTION
Normalized, secure bid data storage • across DSPs/SSPs - for efficient planning, forecasting, and trend analyses
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Multi-Phase Roadmap
Pricing and intelligence support for next DERIVATIVES & RISK PRICING
A S&P DOWJONES
generation media buying, hedging and INDICES
risk mitigation INDEX-LINKED OFFERINGS
Bespoke data analysis and market trend reports RESEARCH / CUSTOM ANALYSES
Market•wide benchmarks, Indices and analysis MARKET:TRACK teZiIIow
.1 .
Enterprise wide programmatic CAMPAIGN:CENTRALTM
'mint
intelligence & benchmarks
Per campaign programmatic CAMPAIGN:WATCHTM VEHICIA HISTORY MONTS
scorecard & benchmarks
Long term, secure bid data storage for AD:BOXIm ;.1
.` Dropbox
planning, forecasting, negotiations
AD/FIN TECH & DATA PLATFORM
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Partnering to Analyze The Current State
Working with 20 Major Brands To Launch Industry-First Programmatic Research
APRIL 23. 2015
AD/fIN ebiquity
EBIQUITY AND AD/FIN PARTNER
TO BRING FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
TOPROGRAMMATIC ANFRTISINO ac
Joint Industry Study Will Follow the Dollars and Uncover Market Benchmarks
Ptik
Lead the Mete, Communt y
Aa
Create a data-driven fact base around the economics of programmatic media trading driving greater knowledge into the industry
• Flow of dollars from advertisers to exchange
• Actual CPM/CPC/CPX, and spread by channel, category, day-part, geo, etc.
• Working to non-working ratios, ranges and baselines
• Other insights and analyses as data becomes available
PARTICIPATION: Up to 20 major advertisers in the US and Canada
SCOPE: Up to 90 days of trades; plus potential to go back up to 90 days
TIMING: Targeting Q1'16 for data ingestion; 02'16 for study deliverables
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Campaign-Level Spend Analysis
Total Budget $18.000.1
Estimated Spend to Date (61891 $11,500°'
■ Working Media / Inventory $6,44010 58%
■ Execution $4,713.0 41'
■ %Pi% / Storting Como( Si 38
■ Tracing Desk lAcklann Tett $675 00
• • $4, 2%•4 172S.00
Manage, OSP DSO SOCMC IS 710000 7%
PlarivisiDSP I.GM $35000 3%
SO-Sent* OSP DAA 7275.00 2%
• ■ Tootling Data in S335S0 IN
Sara / Sere' COD Might. Prob04%. In% 1175.00'
DOMONIUSI Oath P•opi• Sivorp SHOW 5%
TI-ComPPW. sti.7•• 407% I
anCn - CO00,11 USA
Gsrpn7 Avprope q°%
Seder Avenge .35%_
441%
...wry AYH'S* e.0%
All Data is Illustrative
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Campaign-Level Spend Trail
Budget Trail
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Advertiser Trading Desk UllistOwn Cdf. Elec.. Fee'. ExchttnporSISS Publisher
• •
10096 V?G 996 696 10461 6696
$539
All-In
$4.75 $3.82 $3.66 $3.32
1 $3.02
Working
$2.48
All Data is Illustrative
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Supply & Partner Intelligence
Hi! AdFin Display Mobile
< Waited Oa t 2014 > $2.11 $3.16
an.
AdX 1 . 5 NA 5231
Illinweilvr. PS Mica - 1311=i
iviaSsnetCaMpens• PskMohr Sr. Supply 80.000. Ad Csiojortbe •
AppNexus
semi
AdX Rubicon Pulsepoint Snubs
$2.63
$2.87 $1.49 $2.24
OpenX Centro -4
Pubmatic $2.50 $1.38 Rubicon
$2.07
All Data is Illustrative
$1.67 Casale
$2.27 SI 72
a
' . 77
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Historical & Forecasting Intelligence
TOW Sadie Peke Spouvo Oa,
C1R •
See publisher clearing prices
and assess volume and price
correlations
On COM Con
Moo &deo POP Spmd OsypartIng
CPII P.COco:c
I IS CO
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With Predicti )n Modeling, w"
execute bid decisions with VAX 5000
informed price forecasts
Mere CO •
All Data is Illustrative
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Coming Soon: DSP/SSP Optimal Purchase Paths
µdaCcsl RedaMath Atha Aksu 140M SSPkelps
k4tdeCat $73.6K $23(K $23.5K SI2CK $931(
MX $4.9K SAO $726 56.63
°Fed 54,8K OUR $193 11.75
Righthkedia $4.7K MN,
imemi
Rubicon 14.5K
Index Exchange $4.3K WS I
Coop A6Sense 142K
Thant Nadal 142K
BIriOR 14.1K
Meta Nettwrk $4.0K
10 SRO, 131K $6.61 11415
11 hi media $3.7K
12 lkadeDoubler 13.7K
13 WebPerbmunce 13.4K
I 510.75
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Coming Soon: Bid Informed Fraud/Viewability
Heat Map Trends Price Spread LiSt
CPM Compare: None Audience
59 00
Male 28
Or Viewable
W Non-Fraudulent
TapAd
Medf Double Click Bid...
$2.59 ▪ Non-Viewable
2.50 $2.64 (!), sV," •.• 51 Fraud
NOOPOP
$1.31
Din
RIPOPPOIMP
3247 $1A$
• in,
O 54.67
7n.
1342 $114
videolouv
$6.93
AppNexus
$3.19 iewable Non-viewable
(P) ff.A 413,E St 6.2
$5.13 $2.56
AdX Rubicon Pulsepoint Neap Fraud
$3.51
$2.87 $1.49 $2.24 $1.29
OLO.:
(.1!)
OpenX
Pubmatic $2.50 1.38=r
$1.67 $2.27
$2.07
81.72
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Financial Summary
Pre-revenue
Invested to date = $10M
In-process •
Debt to Equity Conversion (Feb 2016)
Inside Round (Feb 2016)_ $2.0M
Targeting B-Round Raise (2016) = $8M-$10.0M
Preliminary Business model includes volume (CPM), SaaS, and index-linked fees
Project $15-20M in annual profits by 2020 and growing•••plus additional upside from
pricing/structuring new Index-Linked Offerings
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